From thrifty costumes to sweet candy deals, DIY décor, and post-Halloween sales, here’s how to keep your Halloween fun and affordable.

4-7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. Cotanchobee Park, 601 Water St., Tampa. Families can expect a spooky night of trick-or-treating, a costume contest, a “Thriller” flash mob, a Halloween-themed market and a movie on the lawn featuring “Monsters, Inc.” The movie will start at 7:30 p.m. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs.

The 35-year-old was offered a chance to try design at the home improvement chain where he's worked for 10 years.

But that doesn’t mean we don’t go all-out. We have a whopping 15 inflatable Halloween decorations in our diminutive front yard, four vintage blow-molds on the front porch, and so many other fun things in store for the hundreds (one year we had about 300!) of trick-or-treaters that usually stop by. Here’s everything we do.

Once a modest fall festivity, Halloween has transformed into a monthslong commercial phenomenon. You can hardly blame retailers.

As the temperatures begin to drop and it finally begins to feel like fall, events across the Twin Cities are celebrating the Halloween spirit throughout the month.

Americans are expected to spend $4.2 billion on Halloween decorations this year, marking a $1.6 billion increase since 2019, according to the National Retail Federation.

According to the Portland office of the weather service, about 52% of Halloweens are wet. The average amount of rainfall is about 0.21 inches. The last time Halloween was dry was in 2023. Ten years ago (in 2015) a plume of tropical moisture pounded Portland on Halloween night flooding MAX trains and causing all sorts of traffic nightmares.

On Sunday, Oct, 19, Khloé Kardashian shared an Instagram carousel offering fans an insight into the lavish-looking Halloween party she threw over the weekend featuring pumpkin decorating and orange an

On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Fifolet 5K and Pumpkin Run, as well as the Fifolet Arts Market, are at 10 a.m. at Riverfront Plaza. The Halloween Parade is at 4 p.m. in downtown Baton Rouge.